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'''Albert Chong''' (born 1958) is an artist of [[Africa]]n and [[China|Chinese]] descent. Chong works across medias and has produced series of photographs as well as [[Installation art|installations]] and [[sculpture]]s. He states that the purpose of much of his art is to "represent and reanimate his family history."<ref name="aboutChong">[http://albertchong.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=31 "About The Artist"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509144356/http://albertchong.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=31 |date=2010-05-09 }} Albert Chong.com. Retrieved 7 August 2008.</ref> He has said that he uses his family heritage as "an alternative way of putting more out there that's about people of color, letting other stories be heard, other viewpoints".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-10-ca-44377-story.html|title=Capturing the Spirit World on Film : Albert Chong's artistic recipe blends Jamaica, Catholicism, Santeria and America in an eclectic artistic stew|last=Ollman|first=Leah|date=October 10, 1993|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref>

==Early life==
Chong was born in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], in 1958. His parents ran a grocery store and his father was a well-respected justice of the peace.<ref name=":0" /> His multicultural heritage is described in an [[Los Angeles Times|L.A. times]] article: "Half-Chinese, half-[[Jamaicans|Jamaican]] Chong was raised [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] but has followed [[Rastafari]], the [[Ethiopia|Ethiopian]]-inspired political/religious movement, and [[Santería|Santeria]], the syncretic religion forged by African [[Slavery|slaves]] living under Christian domination in the Caribbean."<ref name=":0" /> The article also relates an episode from Chong's early childhood, wherein his father brought both a Catholic priest and an [[Obeah|Obeahman]] [[Shamanism|shaman]] to bless a new house they had bought in Jamaica.

Chong immigrated permanently to the [[United States]] in 1977, settling first with his sisters in [[Brooklyn]].<ref name=":0" /> He attended the [[School of Visual Arts]] in [[New York City]] from 1978 to 1981, and in 1981, Chong started his exhibiting career.<ref name="hallOfFame">Hemmings, Brad T., [http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com/Albert_Chong.html "Albert Chong - Caribbean Hall of Fame"], Caribbean Hall of Fame. Retrieved 8 August 2008.</ref> In 1988, his family moved to [[San Diego]], and Chong attended the [[University of California, San Diego]]. In 1991, Chong received his Master of Fine Arts degree from that university.<ref name="stanfordChong">Guh, Jessica. [http://www.stanford.edu/dept/ida/Artist%20Pages%2005-06/albert.html "Albert Chong"]. Stanford Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Stanford University. Retrieved 7 August 2008.</ref>

==Artwork==
Chong works across art medias, primarily in photography, installation, and sculpture. The content of the work deals with mysticism, spirituality, race and identity, as well as investigating the inherent value in images and objects. Chong’s best known bodies of work are black and white still life photographs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.colorado.edu/artandarthistory/albert-chong|title=Albert Chong|date=2018-07-19|website=Art and Art History|language=en|access-date=2019-03-13}}</ref>

===Notable series===
These links lead to galleries on Chong's official website.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322103146/http://www.albertchong.com/index.php/galleries/category/3-monochromatic-still-life Black-and-white] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322214009/http://www.albertchong.com/index.php/galleries/category/4-color-still-life-photographs color] still lifes, which have been described by the artist as "performances in a way, too," with the assembling of objects "as a sacred ritual act, a gathering together of objects of power".<ref name=":0" />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322233707/http://www.albertchong.com/index.php/galleries/category/1-thrones Thrones Series]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322113924/http://www.albertchong.com/index.php/galleries/category/7-projections Projections]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322115920/http://www.albertchong.com/index.php/galleries/category/5-i-traits-self-portraits I-Traits (Self-Portraits)], which according to the L.A. Times, are "named for the Rastafarian belief that the eye and the 'I' are profoundly linked means of perception".<ref name=":0" />

==Teaching==
Chong lives in the [[United States]] and has taught at several different colleges and universities. From 1982 to 1988, he taught at the [[School of Visual Arts]] in New York City; from 1989 to 1991 at [[Mira Costa College]] in [[Oceanside, California]]; and from 1996 to 1997 at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name="aboutChong" /> Currently Chong teaches at [[University of Colorado Boulder|The University of Colorado Boulder]], in [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2018-07-19|title=Albert Chong|url=https://www.colorado.edu/artandarthistory/albert-chong|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Art and Art History|language=en}}</ref>

==Awards==
Chong has been awarded a number of prestigious awards for his work. In 1992 he was awarded an individual artist fellowship from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]]. In 1998 he was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]], and later that same year he was awarded a [[Pollock-Krasner Foundation]] Grant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.colorado.edu/artandarthistory/albert-chong|title=Albert Chong|date=2018-07-19|website=Art and Art History|language=en|access-date=2019-03-13}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://albertchong.com/ Official website]

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